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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
81: | [[1828]] — [[1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wi... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one...
10: ...the surplus population who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek ...
12: ... other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls ...
14: ...to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Amer... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
58: *[[Santos Acosta|Acosta, Santos]] (1828-1901) - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
24: ...rn wife, Adams wed Louisa Johnson in 1797. The couple named one of their sons after George Washington....
37: ...latter's quest for re-election, was sworn in to replace him.
57: ...|'''[[James Barbour]]'''||align="left"|1825–1828 - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws are...
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[...
18: ...dent had either been a member of the [[Virginia]] plantation [[elite]], or had been named [[Adams]]. J...
32: ...presidential election, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first nominee of the [[Democratic Party ...
36: ...he first election in which many states allowed people without land to vote, and they voted for Jackson... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (village), N...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (town), New ...
27: ...y. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his preparation in 1802 at [[New York City|N...
33: ...ber of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had already...
35: ...f "Little Magician" for the skill with which he exploited it. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ... was mayor of Philadelphia from [[October 21]], [[1828]] to [[April 15]], [[1829]]. Dallas was United S...
7: ...n Van Buren]] as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]],...
9: ...as was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by Pre...
14: ...eph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]<...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td...
26: ...e, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from th...
50: *Place Federal officers at the disposal of slaveholde...
62: Upon completing his presidency, Fillmore returned to Buffalo... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
20: ... [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputat...
22: ...Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad luck."
34: Pierce began his political career in [[1828]], when he was elected to [[lower house]] of the ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee...
45: ..., Tennessee in [[1826]], where he continued his employment as a tailor. He never attended any type of ...
48: ...an alderman in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] from [[1828]] to [[1830]] and mayor of Greeneville from [[183...
107: ... [[Edwin Stanton]] as Secretary of War, and was replacing him in the interim with Adjutant-General [[L... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
19: ...ocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for E...
34: ...ose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefect from the imperial household...
36: ...ne of the chief reasons which induced Augustus to place it directly under [[Roman Empire|imperial powe...
40: ...century]] AD, it declined fast in population and splendour.
42: ...temples by Theophilus|Destruction of the pagan temples by Theophilus]]. - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
4: ...urkic]] descent, known as [[Azerbaijanis]], or simply [[Azeris]]. The country is formally an emerging ...
56: ..."the land of the brave Az people" or "an elevated place for the wealthy and exalted."
58: ...time, currently referring to the lowland Karabakh plains situated between the [[Kura]] and [[Araks]] r...
65: ...y Azerbaijan has been occupied by a variety of peoples, including [[Persians]], [[Roman Empire|Romans]...
71: ... [[1813]], and the [[Treaty of Turkmenchay]] in [[1828]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
163: *[[François Bocion]] ([[1828]]-[[1890]])
173: *[[Richard Parkes Bonington]] ([[1802]]-[[1828]])
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam
80: ...6-1971) — [[vacuum tube]] [[television]] display - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
19: *[[1828]] - [[Tariff of Abominations]] passed
20: *[[1828]] - [[John C. Calhoun]] (Jackson's vice-president...
31: ... Supreme Court]] rules in favor of [[Cherokee (people)|Cherokees]]; President Jackson ignores the ruli...
133: ...ry/United_States/People Pictures of Historical People]
135: ==Lesson Plans, Resources and Activites== - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
9: |As Western territories begin applying for statehood, the [[Missouri Compromise]] ma...
11: |valign=center|'''[[1828]]'''
15: |[[Daniel Webster]] delivers a memorable ''Reply to Hayne'' on January 27, denouncing the notion ...
30: ...e of the Supreme Court]]. Taney asserts the principle of social responsibility of private property as ...
48: ...ew]]'', the leading Southern magazine warning the planter class about the dangers of depending on the ... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
40: ...ch voyageurs in the 17th century. In [[1701]], explorer [[Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac]] founded [[De...
42: ... had some 80,000 residents, more than enough to apply for statehood. A state government was formed in...
46: ... automotive industry, with [[Henry Ford]]'s first plant in the [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park...
55: *[[1622]] [[ɴienne Br? and his fellow explorers from [[Grenoble]], [[France]], were probably...
66: ...Treaty of Saginaw]], the [[Ojibwe]], [[Ottawa (people)|Ottawa]], and [[Potawatomi]] ceded more than si... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...] period in the arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which inc...
6: ...od, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[natural philosophy]] and [[ethics]] i...
8: ...sm | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] a...
12: ...purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think o...
14: ...r instability. Instead, (according to those that split the two periods), the Age of Reason sought to e... - St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
21: ...Dublin]], [[Ireland]], which has become a popular place of pilgrimage on [[February 14]].
26: ...in his version of Christian love, an emphasis sharply in contrast with the asceticism of mainstream Ch...
42: ...hortly after [[1847]] by [[Esther A. Howland]] ([[1828]] - [[1904]]) of [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. He...
46: ...e to be associated with a generic [[Platonic love|platonic]] greeting of "Happy Valentine's Day."
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